Book description
From patriots to pirates, warriors to writers, and mistresses to
male impersonators, this book looks at the unorthodox lives of
inspiring Irish women. In times when women were expected to marry and
have children, they travelled the world and sought out adventures; in
times when women were expected to be seen and not heard, they spoke
out in loud voices against oppression; in times when women were
expected to have no interest in politics, literature, art, or the
world outside the home, they used every creative means available to
give expression to their thoughts, ideas and beliefs. In a series of
succinct and often amusing biographies, Marian Broderick tells the
life stories of these exceptional Irish women.
